Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-07

DAILY HEKALD
THE CITY SEWERAGE.
Most Encouraging Pros
pect for the Future.
GOOD WORK WILL SooN DH'iN
Main Lines of Drainage-Ihe san
Diego System Health Essen
tial to Prosperity.
GOOD WORK WILL SOON bE0iN


Diego System Health Essen
tisl to Prosperity.
In regard to the sewerage system OF
San Diego, to which reference was maze
in a preceding article on "Sewers ana
Sewage" it should be stated that an al
lovaucs is made in the San Diego sys'
TEN of sixty gallons per capita per d'em'
while the allowance made in the est''
mate of City Surveyor Eaton for TINS
c..y is for 100 to l5o gallons per capita
daily.
The vote of the citizens of San Diego
in regard to the issue OF bonds to the
extent of S40O, 900 for the purpose OF
making sewers is most remarkable. The
election was held in February OF the
present year. and resulted in 1854 votes
for the bonds and SO votes against the
bonds. Such q unanimity of sentiment
10 highly commendable. and should be
initiated in Los Angeles whenever the
ouestion Of bonds shall be submitted to
the people. The length OF the San
Diego sewers is thirty.eight miles, 50
Ter cent of which will be six.inch sew
era only. while the great outfall pipe
will be but twenty-four inches In diam
eter. Allowing sixty gallons OF sewage
To each individual, the outfall conduit OF
the Los Angeles system, which will carry
40. OOO, 600 gallons daily, would carry
the sewage OF a population OF 606' ooo
A portion of the city limits of Los
Angeles. that Of the southeast corner, is
below the level of the conduit at the
Agricultural Park. The sewage from
that .ection would have to be pumped to
the proper elevation for discharge or
else carried into the deep sands OF the
Lo, Angeles or San Gabriel river and
used in restoring to fertility land that is
now worthless.
INTERCEPTING SEWERS.
There are two main intercepting sew
ers in the new system; one on the west
boundary of the city from the south.
west corner extending north to within
three -fourths of mile of the northwest
corner Of the city, part of the way in
tunuel easily made aud cheaper than to
Law crcuitous sewers. The territory
drained by this main interceptor is that
portion OF the city included between the
west boundary and line passing about
through Fgueroa street and Pearl
etreet from the south boundary to Sew
enth street, and thence through the west
crest Of the Arroyo de Los Reyes.
The other mterceptor will extend from
the outfall conduit, east along the south
boundary of the city to about Alameda
street, thence to point in the lew lands
on the east side of the Los Angeles
river, from which point it will follow the
lands of the east side to point In the
Arroyo Seco where the Hunter Highland
Tract sewer and the sewer from the
land living between the river and Elysian
Park will form junction. :.
This great interceptor will drain all
that portion of the city lying on the
eas. side of the river, except tract In
the southeast corner previously men
toned, and all that portion included be-
tween the river and line extending
from the south boundary through Grand
avenue to the city cemetery, from which
the east boundary of the Canal and
Reservoir COmpany's grant will nearly
form the dividing line. The Arroyo de
Los Reyes outfall will be brought down
through q main sewer in one of the
principal streets to the south boundary
of the city.
From those interceptors main sewers
will branch forth generally in north.
erly and easterly direction except in
some portions of the upper portion of the
city where the topography will change
the direction.
IMMEDIATE WORK.
Ali per.ons familiar with the health
of the city know how contagion lin.
gers in Sonoratown. To improve the
condition of that section OF the city the
Sewer Committee of the City Council
has recommended the immediate con-
struction OF a main sewer on Main
street from the present terminus at Ar.
cadia street to Bellevue avenue, on
Bellevue avenue to Buena Vista street,
on that street to Bernard street.
This work is of pressing necessity, and
when completed will relieve the city of
cesspools and filth where sickness has
heretofore held high carnival. This sew.
er will furnish relief to a large popula.
tion north of Arcadia street and west of
Main and Upper Main street westward
to the Canal and Reservoir Company's
east line. Four thousand feet OF the
great outfall conduit will also be made
in the direction Of the proposed sewage
farm, and an interceptor made from the
north end of the conduit to Grand ave-
nue, and main sewer up Grand avenue
to Pico street.
Los Angeles has no epidemics and
must not have any. Capitalists assert
that the appearance of loathsome dis.
ease in this city last winter, from which
only nine persons died in two months.
had the effect of causing the withdrawal
of S.. 900, 900 from the city in two weeks.
Undoubtedly some of this money re-
turned. but the movement was very
critical. and shows the relation that ex.
ists between business matters and the
plblic health. To rotect business in
t.rests the first movement Is to protect
th- health Of the people. Thorough
sewerage and a sewage farm will accom-
plish that most desirable result.
FRUIT FACTORIES.
The establishment of sewage farm
of 60O0 or 10000 acres would call into
ranlsit on the construction OF fruit fac.
toties of various kinds. such as cannerles,
marmalade works, pickle factories and
dfss;catiup establishments. Although
this section is known as a notable place
for fruit, there is not enough small fruit
raised here for home use in families and
factories. An addition of the products
of a sewage farm is just what is needed
at the present time in Los Angeles to
supply the growing needs of the city.
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